Ooo~ Kyoto, beautiful Kyoto! You have so much to explore like the Fushimi Inari Shrine with it's thousands Torii gates. Too bad it's all on a mountain, the sacred Mount Inari to be accurately. If you suck at sports, like we do, you'll have a hard time to reach the top, especially during hot weather but the view is totally worth it!

We took the long mountain trail and made it to the top but like I said before, it's soo exhausting. We saw so many people going all the way back down before reaching the top because they were too tired but I hate giving up halfway so we continued the struggle.

I totally recommend coming here and go hiking all the way to the top. The Torii gates are amazing and you have a nice view from above. Plus the path itself is worth seeing as well. I think it took us about 3 hours to hike to the summit of the mountain and back. If you're too tired then there are some restaurants every now and then where you can sit and rest.

We went on to the Arashiyama Bomboo Forest, which is nice to visit as well. I had no idea how tall bamboo can actually grow. I was impressed.  
The guys chose to hike uphill for about 15 minutes and check out the Monkey Park but my friend and me decided to go to the Tenryui-ji Temple with it's traditional garden instead.

For 500 Yen we could take a nice walk through the giant garden and see the temple. We used the time to take some photos and chill after the long struggle on Mount Inari. There is a pond right in the center with Kois and other fishes inside and there are many sakura trees as well. If you plan to visit in April you can see them blooming.

In the evening we went to Namba to have Okonomiyaki and explore the neighborhood. Since it is said that Osaka is famous for Okonomiyaki we wanted to eat it here and it didn't let us down. It tasted really delicious but to be honest, we had even better ones in Tokyo.

Oh, and if you are a KitKat addict you'll be surprised by the variety of flavors. There are for example Matcha, Sakura, Strawberry Cake, Pumpkin Cheesecake, Orange, Black Honey, Cheese, Whine, Red Beans, Oreo (...)